Thanks to all of you who signed the petition to vacate the original ruling against homeschooling in California. The petition page has now been closed, after collecting 250,000 signatures.

Since then, the California Court of Appeal for the 2nd Appellate District has decided to rehear the court case that opened this can of worms. The court is in fact taking unto itself the authority to decide the fate of California homeschoolers -- rather than simply vacating the decision and upholding the existing laws, under which homeschoolers have operated for decades. In an ominous move, the court has asked various parties attached to the public education establishment for their opinions on homeschooling. This includes the California Teachers Association, the State Board of Education, and the Los Angeles teacher's union, among others.

Of those who responded to our latest poll on this subject, over half find it fishy that the court began challenging Californians' right to homeschool just one month after a coalition of Christian and pro-family organizations called for a mass "exodus" from California schools, due to troubling new curriculum requirements.

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